Theo is a 400m runner for Team GB and said in a pre-show interview that he was targeting competing in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo, but British Athletics didn't know he was entering the villa.

His most recent competitive race was at the British Athletics Championships in Birmingham on Sunday (July 2) where he finished seventh of eight runners, and Love Island could mean he won't compete in the World Championships in August.

"British Athletics was unaware of Theo Campbell's participation in this reality TV show," a British Athletics spokesman told The Mirror.

"With the IAAF World Championships in London just a month away, we would expect all those in contention for selection to be 100% focused on their training and preparations to compete against the world's best athletes."